Dear All,
I am writing this thread to get some recommendations of what cars to consider, my budget is MYR120,000. Currently i already owned 2 cars, have been reliable, just occasionally needed minor repairs. Needed a 3rd car because we need 1 more car for spare, just in case both my dailies went into garage because my GF also drives mine.
3rd car is mostly driven to work and long distance. It's meant to be replacing my E46 coupe as workhorse for my GF, meanwhile my Lancer still up for the job for myself.
VW Jetta is awesome buy, DSG mechatronic problems seem to be solved for now. And the new model (so called) looks very impressive inside and out. Going to test drive it tomorrow and i will share my report here.
Thanks,
Ken
Your initial post and your following post contradicts yourself. What are you actually looking for? A spare car or a daily driver?
From what I can see you're not looking for a 3rd car, you're looking for a daily driver.
And what is important to you? You said power, handling.
Forget about the E90 325i, 212bhp? Sad. I'd recommend the E90 320d or F30 320d, and then add a BMW Performance Power Kit, tune it, you'll hit 200bhp on wheel and lots of torque. Easy on fuel economy too versus the 325i N/A.
My friend bought a used E90 320D M-Sport non-iDrive model. He's still a happy man today. Even with his manic driving (pedal to metal all the time), he does 700km on a full tank easy. The LCi E90 has all the problems ironed out, and that 2L diesel engine is bulletproof -- timing chain issues solved on MY models.
Jetta is a drama waiting to happen. Another friend happily bought a pre-reg 2016 Passat saying that the DSG problems are solved. Guess what? His car just went in for mechatronic replacement last month.